HR 121 (LSB 5547HH (4) 85)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 121

BY  HEARTSILL

A Resolution recognizing Knoxville as the birthplace of the Iowa State Flag and recognizing the week of March 23 through March 29, 2014, as Dixie Cornell Gebhardt Week.

   WHEREAS, March 29, 2014, marks the 93rd Anniversary of the adoption of the Iowa State Flag by the 39th Iowa General Assembly; and
   WHEREAS, Knoxville is known as the birthplace of the Iowa State Flag; and
   WHEREAS, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt, the daughter of a Civil War veteran, was born on November 18, 1866, in Knoxville, lived most of her life in Iowa, and died in Knoxville on October 16, 1955; and
   WHEREAS, Dixie Gebhardt, along with other members of the Mary Marion Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution of Knoxville, designed the Iowa flag in 1917; and
   WHEREAS, the Honorable Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, has proclaimed March 29, 2014, as Iowa State Flag Day; and
   WHEREAS, the blue stripe of the banner stands for loyalty, justice, and truth, the broad white stripe for purity, and the red stripe for courage; and
   WHEREAS, the eagle carries blue streamers inscribed with the state motto, “Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain”, thus combining our national symbol with our state motto; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives recognizes Knoxville as the birthplace of the Iowa State Flag, recognizes March 23 through March 29, 2014, as Dixie Cornell Gebhardt Week, and recognizes March 29, 2014, as Iowa State Flag Day.